Evans writes: "After yesterday's news confirming that the GOP is planning to strip Planned Parenthood of its funding as a part of their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Planned Parenthood supporters began flooding Paul Ryan's office with phone calls protesting the decision."

#PaulRyanSoScared He Sent 6 Security Guards to Block Planned Parenthood Volunteers From Delivering Him Their Petitions

By Dayna Evans, New York Magazine

07 January 17

fter yesterday’s news confirming that the GOP is planning to strip Planned Parenthood of its funding as a part of their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Planned Parenthood supporters began flooding Paul Ryan’s office with phone calls protesting the decision. Today, to further their opposition, more than 50 Planned Parenthood Action Fund supporters will attempt to hand-deliver 80,000 petitions to the Speaker of the House expressing their discontent.

The #IStandWithPP supporters will be convening at the Longworth House Office Building at 11:30 a.m. to attempt the delivery. Volunteers are now organizing 300 events in 47 states and 150 cities in the U.S. to communicate to legislators that defunding Planned Parenthood would strip millions of women of access to affordable reproductive health care.

Update, 1/6/2017, 3:30 p.m.: Officials from Planned Parenthood say six security guards were sent to block delivery of the petitions to the House Speaker’s office, and shortly thereafter, Ryan’s office was “conveniently closed.” The petitions were eventually accepted by Representative Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin).

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It's always struck me as such a waste -- sexism, racism, homophobia, xenophobia. We have so many problems to tackle every day, but before we even look at the problem we cut off 50-80% of our observers, explorers, thinkers and solvers? It is a stupid strategy that must eventually fail -- unless the core group (in this case Christian-friendly white men) is exceptionally capable -- and there is no evidence for that.

The 1960s peace movement not trusting anyone over 30! I was a political baby but I knew that was messed up. Great people don't become a$$es when they get older, stupid people don't get wiser; good people are everywhere, and it turns out they should have been worried about moles, not elders.

I wonder what the demographics of the intelligence agencies are.

Women are great thinkers, very energetic and nurturing too -- not a bad thing. They connect us back to the citizenry more while men appreciate compartmentalizing. Both approaches are valuable for many reasons. (And I suppose I must explicitly state that not ALL of any group blah blah)

People and organizations are foolish to waste women's talents and to encourage their enmity. One of my old boyfriends used to abuse waiteresses terribly, and I often wondered how much spit he ate. The American revolution was progressed by the intelligence from women and slaves.

Why do GOP legislatures attack women as soon as they gain power? Don't they respect their mothers or sisters?

Clever, if bitter. You know the saying about men being afraid women will laugh at them, and women being afraid men will kill them?

Reality suggests that words can be annoying, and even painful, but they do not actually kill people. (Unless it's the word 'Fire!', I suppose.)

Words cut both ways. For every man who's been hurt there's a woman who's been humiliated too. Jerks come in all sizes, shapes, colors and genders -- and so do their victims. Despite all our belief, the world is bigger than our own individual experience.

You should consult some reliable statistics. Perhaps the percentage of women is low but the numbers are not zero. Here in Philly a woman just shot a guy WHILE he was driving. They careened off the avenue and overturned. She must have been really mad.

I wonder when he last donated bone marrow or part of his liver? Does he think he should be forced to donate a kidney? What about after he's dead? Does he regularly donate blood? TO SAVE THE LIVES OF REAL LIFE HUMAN BEINGS?

But it's OK to say I MUST donate my uterus for a nine-month growth which may someday become human?

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